The stock market lately feels a bit like the TV show Lost—we keep getting answers, but each one just leads to three new questions. And frankly, just like that show, there’s a nagging worry that this whole thing might be running longer than it should, sustained more by momentum and popularity than by any coherent underlying story.| Catalyst Insights
How Leading Consumer Brands Emerged Leaner, Stronger, and More Valuable from 2019–2025. LOGO’s Matter.| Catalyst Insights
Politics Trumps the Numbers, Can Markets Keep Their Cool? | Catalyst Insights
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The VIX: Your Portfolio’s Early Warning System| Catalyst Insights
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A brutally honest take from someone who profits when everyone else panics| Catalyst Insights
Navigating Trade Winds: HANDLS Indexes Showcase Resilient Recoveries and Diversified Income Strength in May 2025| Catalyst Insights
Current market conditions present a complex web of interconnected risks that demand careful analysis and strategic positioning. As portfolio managers, we’re facing simultaneous pressures from credit concerns, monetary policy uncertainty, and fiscal dysfunction—creating an environment where traditional correlations break down and volatility spikes become the norm.| Catalyst Insights
Markets Gone Wild: Income Segment’s Rollercoaster Ride in April 2025!| Catalyst Insights
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Income Sector Navigates Tariff Tangles| Catalyst Insights
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Consumer Spending: Are Consumers Tapped Out or Pushing Back?| Catalyst Insights
It looks like a big margin call started in Japan. The Japanese Yen has become a funding currency in recent years, a source of cheap financing with the proceeds reinvested in better returning assets – such as US$ listed AI stocks. Debtors benefit when the currency in which they’ve borrowed depreciates. The Yen offered low borrowing costs and a lower value – until it didn’t.| Catalyst Insights
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This week marks the beginning of a significant earnings season, with reports expected from several major companies including NFLX, ASML, JNJ, BA, MS, UNH, TSM, and GS. This occurs amidst a recent correction with the market shifting from mega-cap companies to small-caps.| Catalyst Insights
The graph and table above provide return data for major income-oriented asset categories for the month of June 2024 and YTD 2024. Returns for each asset category are based on the returns of the constituent(s) in the Nasdaq HANDLS™ Base Index representing that category. Also included are returns for the Nasdaq 5HANDL™ Index, the Nasdaq 7HANDL™ Index and the Nasdaq 10HANDL™ Index. | Catalyst Insights
While the first quarter’s CPI prints this year were above expectations, one needs to ‘look under the hood’ to have a better view on inflation (where it was and where it is going). We have written over the past year that inflation was on a downward trajectory and have been correct. The head fake that occurred during the first quarter with ‘apparently’ high inflation may likely be the nail in the coffin for the economy. We suggest this because most market participants, financial new...| Catalyst Insights
Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their latest ten-year budget projection. It invariably makes for depressing, if unsurprising reading. Significant deterioration in our fiscal outlook is visible with every release.| Catalyst Insights
Do You Have Sufficient Diversification Away from Today’s Most Crowded Trades?| Catalyst Insights
This week on the Trading Zone, we explore the complexities of volatility as we approach the upcoming presidential election and also the massive rebalancing in the tech center following the Nvidia hit this past week. To first understand where the market is headed, it is crucial to recognize and understand where inflation is headed.| catalyst-insights.com
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